Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 472, Third Stage
Although the Kunlun clan has been living a peaceful and uncontested life since the Kunlun Immortal Emperor Ying Shenxiao attained enlightenment, they have basically not offended anyone.

But while a common man is innocent, possessing a treasure is a crime. The Kunlun clan possesses the White Tiger Elixir of Immortality and the Kunlun Immortal Mountain, and that is the biggest problem.

To ensure that no one else would cause trouble and interfere with his cultivation after his disappearance, when sealing off the Kunlun Immortal Pool, the White Tiger Emperor also expanded the array patterns layer by layer, with the Kunlun Immortal Mountain as the core, to cover the entire Kunlun Ancient Star.

His ultimate imperial weapon, the Kunlun Divine Bell left by Ying Shenxiao, and even the Kunlun Immortal Mountain itself are the core array eyes of the great formation.

Under such a formation, even a powerful emperor of the time would find it difficult to launch a strong attack.

Therefore, the White Tiger Emperor was relieved after testing the strength of the array patterns.

After ensuring the safety of himself and the Kunlun clan, the White Tiger Emperor devoted all his energy to the Kunlun Immortal Mountain.

Since Kunlun Immortal Mountain did not undergo various evolutions like the Daoist temples of several Celestial Venerables such as Jade Flower Divine Island, its scale is that of a normal extraordinary land. Even the Primordial Ancient Mine is slightly larger than Kunlun Immortal Mountain because it was strengthened by the Undying Emperor with the power of faith.

Even at this time, Kunlun Mountain was slightly inferior to Mount Tai and Mount Sumeru, which were immortal mountains that had not evolved but were extremely powerful in nature.

After all, the original Kunlun Immortal Mountain was roughly the same level as Mount Tai and Mount Sumeru, except that it had an additional immortal bell.

At this time, Kunlun Immortal Mountain was only one-third of the original Kunlun Immortal Mountain. Although it had been restored over the long years and under the guidance of Ying Shenxiao, it was no weaker than before, but its essence was still slightly weakened.

In the long run, the Kunlun Immortal Mountain, as a blessed land for other immortals, should be as large as possible. This will give it an advantage in the future construction and development of the land and make it easier to succeed.

But sometimes, size isn't the key; what matters most is finding the right fit.

If the Qidi is too vast, then with the White Tiger Emperor's talent and his mastery of the Kunlun Immortal Scripture, the difficulty for him to become an Earth Immortal will increase dramatically.

That would certainly bring many benefits in the future, but for him right now, getting through this hurdle is the most important thing. Without becoming an Earth Immortal, no matter how good the future is, it's all for naught.

Therefore, the relatively ordinary Kunlun Immortal Mountain is actually just right for the White Tiger King.

Because of the difference in size between the two extraordinary places, it is much easier for the White Tiger Emperor to sense the pulse of Kunlun Immortal Mountain and cultivate the Earth Immortal method in sync with it than for the Black Tortoise Emperor to become an Earth Immortal.

Therefore, it took the Black Tortoise Emperor a thousand years, but the White Tiger Emperor synchronized his life pulse with the primordial pulse of Kunlun Immortal Mountain in just a hundred years, thus creating a resonance.

Before his death, the White Tiger Emperor finally met the requirements for cultivating the Earth Immortal method and officially began his journey towards becoming an Earth Immortal.

Before it began, the White Tiger Emperor transformed back into its original form, becoming a white divine tiger surrounded by celestial energy, exuding a faint Daoist charm.

Although he is a different species born from the replica of the legendary white tiger, a celestial spirit symbolizing slaughter, his body does not show any killing intent outwardly because his cultivation since childhood has been based on the inheritance of the Taoist Celestial Venerable. He is exceptionally reserved.

After cultivating the Kunlun Immortal Scripture, he became even more ethereal, as if a celestial being had descended to earth. Only when he went all out would he reveal his true power, displaying the majesty of a god of war and slaughter.

As the White Tiger Emperor grew old, his fur became somewhat dry, and the shimmering divine light began to dim.

Although the White Tiger Emperor had returned to his original form, he still adopted the habit of meditating in the Kunlun Immortal Pool, with half of his body submerged in the Kunlun Immortal Liquid.

The White Tiger Emperor returned to his original form for two reasons: firstly, this state was the most comfortable and relaxed; secondly, he also considered his future research into the White Tiger Elixir of Immortality to reshape his true form as an Earth Immortal, and maintaining his original form would facilitate this process of enlightenment. After formally beginning his cultivation of the Earth Immortal methods, the White Tiger Emperor's body began to slowly petrify, and his life force gradually weakened.

Gradually, the aura of the White Tiger King dissipated and merged with Kunlun Immortal Mountain, leaving only a stone embryo in Kunlun Immortal Pool.

Kunlun Immortal Mountain is different from Yuhua Divine Island; it does not produce any special minerals. Therefore, the White Tiger Emperor simply transformed into a normal stone body.

After this transformation was completed, the White Tiger Emperor's undying true spirit and Dao fruit were completely integrated into Kunlun Immortal Mountain, and then spread to every inch of Kunlun Immortal Mountain.

Thus, the White Tiger Emperor truly embarked on the third stage of the path to becoming an Earth Immortal.

Actually, the best way to take this step is to cultivate the Kunlun Immortal Body, but the White Tiger Emperor simply couldn't do that, so he had to settle for second best.

This is largely thanks to the Longevity Celestial Venerable, the Underworld Emperor, and the Black Tortoise Emperor for improving the methods of becoming an Earth Immortal and lowering the threshold; otherwise, the success rate of someone like the White Tiger Emperor in this state would not be very high.

The moment the White Tiger Emperor completely merged into Kunlun Immortal Mountain, his Great Dao Imprint no longer aligned with the Heavenly Heart Imprint and ruled over all paths, but began to gradually dissipate.

From the moment one embarks on the path of becoming an Earth Immortal, one's personal Dao merges with the laws of the wondrous land, temporarily severing connection with the outside world, which is why this situation occurs.

After becoming an Earth Immortal, his Dao will naturally reside in the wondrous land, and he will no longer need to combine with the Heavenly Heart Mark.

Therefore, in the human universe at this time, the Great Dao imprint of the White Tiger Emperor began to dissipate. Ten thousand years later, the throne of the emperor will be vacant again.

This means that the era of the White Tiger Emperor, which lasted for 40,000 years, has come to an end.

Following the Xuanwu Emperor, another emperor has not disappeared from the mortal realm without a trace, which has puzzled countless cultivators.

After all, the White Tiger Emperor's aura had already begun to weaken before it disappeared, which means that he must have reached his later years in this life.

But the White Tiger Emperor neither revived nor made any great commotion ascension from the Immortal Gate. Could it be that the Immortal Gate had really drifted to a remote corner, so they did not sense that aura?

As for self-mutilation, in the era of immortal sects, self-mutilation had long become history. Only a very few people still vaguely understand this situation. After all, who would self-mutilate when they could ascend to immortality?

The previous Daoists cut themselves off because they had no hope of immortality and no way to become immortals. They could only cut themselves off and wait for the path to immortality to open once every tens or hundreds of thousands of years.

Now that they have the Immortal Sect, they don't need to do that anymore.

In today's mortal universe, few cultivators know that the Immortal Gate leads to a strange world rather than the Immortal Realm, but for those who seek enlightenment, ascension at least grants immortality. Therefore, ascension is naturally the best choice.

However, these cultivators quickly put the matter aside and began to embrace a new era.

After all, it concerns an emperor, and they could hardly find out the truth.

(End of this chapter)